Customers cash in on discounts at restaurants

Food delivery services such as Zomato and Swiggy temporarily stopped the cash-on-delivery option for many restaurants and were requesting customers to pay through other means.TNN | November 14, 2016, 09:14 IST

HYDERABAD: In an attempt to make up for losses, a few restaurants in the city started offering discounts to customers paying by cash, with some taking advantage of this.

Restaurants claim the demonetisation move has hit business badly. "Due to the shortage of currency, we have started offering a 25 per cent discount to those who handing 100 notes," said Ram Babu, cashier, Chutneys restaurant, Banjara Hills. Some restaurants in Masab Tank area offered 15 per cent discount. "We are happy to give discounts if they are willing to give us change. Our representatives went to the bank, but got 2,000 notes," said a restaurant owner.

Food delivery services such as Zomato and Swiggy temporarily stopped the cash-on-delivery option for many restaurants and were requesting customers to pay through other means.

Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal, sales director Hari, accounts managers Sumit Anand and Sharauque among other employees have been named in the FIR registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Naveen Kumar, owner of Indiranagar-based C-Store Company.